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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Haughty Haugh"ty, a. [Compar. Haughtier; superl. Haughtiest.] [OE. hautein, F. hautain, fr. haut high, OF. also halt, fr. L. altus. See Altitude.] 1. High; lofty; bold. [Obs. or Archaic] To measure the most haughty mountain's height. --Spenser. Equal unto this haughty enterprise. --Spenser 2. Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing. A woman of a haughty and imperious nature. --Clarendon. 3. Indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage. Satan, with vast and haughty strides advanced, Came towering. --Milton.